Germany's Ministers Resign Yet War Effort Goes On
The piece argues that ministerial resignations in Germany reflect internal politics but not a collapse of the war effort. It identifies Zimmermann Helfferich Capelle as the key figures blamed for mistakes, notes efforts to democratize Germany, and contrasts with American and British leadership. It warns against overstating a government crisis and stresses civilian mobilization.
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Junkers
Bryan
Garrison
America
Briand
France
England
Germany
Zimmermann
Helfferich
Japan
Mexico
United States
Berlin
von Jagow
Hollweg
Helfterich
Constantinople
Near East
von Capelle
Lord Woolsey
Lucifer
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
The Single Taxer Said on Tobacco and Land Use
A satirical yet pointed essay critiques Henry W. Farnum's tobacco curtailment idea and promotes taxing land values instead. It argues 27 percent of arable land is in use and 73 percent idle, urging leveraging vacant land taxation to fund government while preserving labor incentives and opposing idle landholding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Farnum
Yale University
United States
Department of Agriculture
Congress
West Virginia
Austria Against Ousting Hollweg
Copenhagen reports a Berlin received message from the Austrian government urging Dr Von Bethmann Hollweg to stay as chancellor and mark retirement as possibly fatal. Telegram possibly sent before Prussian franchise decision, implying he would remain. Lokal Anzeiger credits Count Czernin. Germania opines peace talks at issue with his role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Lokal Anzeiger
Count Czernin
Germania
Vacation misadventures with Bull and Bolivar dog
In a playful Christmas style piece Bull Hickey recovers from the me sles and writes notes to his friend Andy Anderson’s dog Bolivar. Bolivar fetches and returns the notes as Bull and Andy exchange silly messages about spots and soda water. Fatty Bellowes misses the community Easter picnic due to the measles and Fatty longs to join but is postponed by the minister.
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Hickey
Bull
Bolivar
Andy Anderson
Andy
Fatty
Fatty Bellowes
Mister Eustus
Eustus
Jimmy Skunk Inquisitive In Animal Tales For Children
Jimmy Skunk, curious and independent, explores Farmer Brown's cellar through an open window. He enjoys dark spaces and new smells but fails to plan an exit, learning a costly lesson about heedless curiosity in Thornton Burgess style for young readers.
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Jimmy Skunk
Tom Childrem
Thornton W. Burgess
Immy Skunk
Jimmy
Farmer Brown
Bowser the Hound
Paper collars curb cut worm in war gardens
In back-yard plots nationwide gardeners face the cut worm daily. The recommended remedy is to place a paper collar around each plant, two inches into the soil and three inches above, with tobacco dust helping. Night vigil with a lantern can kill many pests.
Reflections on Quincy Highways by E P Osgood
E P Osgood writes in the Whig Dear Sir column about road conditions in Quincy. He praises Hannibal visitors for helpful highway pointers, cites local street failures, recounts a Chicago visitor’s critique, and urges citizen cooperation and a follow up meeting to improve streets from Vermont to Broadway and beyond. The piece notes a July 13 date in Quincy.
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E. P. Osgood
Quincy
Whig
Newcomb
Automobile Club
Hannibal
Corporation of
Abbott
Fall Creek
Mr. Abbott
Vermont Street
Fifth
Locust
Twenty-fourth
Broadway
Thirtieth
Chicago
Corporation of Quincy
Thirtieth Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Maine Street
Eighteenth
Quincey
Troop Assignments to Training Camps
War department announces troop movements to camps across the United States. Thirteenth division units from Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska head to Deming New Mexico. Fourteenth division Kansas and Missouri troops go to Fort Sill Oklahoma. Seventeenth division Kentucky Indiana troops travel to Hattiesburg Mississippi. Eleventh division Michigan Wisconsin troops are bound for Waco Texas. Twelfth division Illinois troops to Houston Texas. Wives are more liberal than husbands. The wife who has a mind of her own is apt to give her husband a piece of it.
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Washington
War Department
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Deming
N. M
Kansas
Missouri
Fort Sill
Oklo
Kentucky
Indiana
Hattiesburg
Miss
Michigan
Wisconsin
Waco
Texas
Illinois
Houston
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Frank Moser
Swaynie
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Utica
Albany
Ntral Railroad
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